انگی

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ə̃ŋ.ɡiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: اَن٘‧گی

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit अङ्गिका (aṅgikā).

Noun

اَن٘گی • (aṉgī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੰਗੀ)

1. bodice
2. dust cover (a cloth used to cover a book)

Declension

Declension of انگی

	singular	plural
direct	اَن٘گی	اَن٘گِیاں
oblique	اَن٘گی	اَن٘گِیاں
vocative	اَن٘گئِیے	اَن٘گِیو
ablative	اَن٘گِیوں	—
locative	اَن٘گے	اَن٘گِیں
instrumental	—	—

Etymology 2

Noun

اَن٘گی • (aṉgī) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੰਗੀ)

1. friend; companion

Declension

Declension of انگی

	singular	plural
direct	اَن٘گی	اَن٘گی
oblique	اَن٘گی	اَن٘گِیاں
vocative	اَن٘گِیا	اَن٘گِیو
ablative	اَن٘گِیوں	—
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “انگی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “انگی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “aṅgikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 7